Category: Featured
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Behind the Scenes: Teen Producers Highlight Crawford Garden
By Brian Myers Youth learning to produce documentaries released three short videos about a local school garden program this summer. The diverse group of students between the ages of 12 and 18 are part of the Teen Producers’ Project, a 10-year-old program of the Media Arts Center San Diego. Students of the TPP visited the…
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Texting to Keep Moms, Babies Healthy
Jeanne Watson and her baby Lilah, who was born in October 2011. Watson says she’s gotten some great health tips from the Text4baby text messaging service. | Photo Credit: Kenny Goldberg By Kenny Goldberg People can use their cell phones to do almost anything these days, from finding a good restaurant, to paying their bills.…
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Food Stamp Enrollment Soars, But San Diego Still Rates Low
By Adrian Florido As the weak economy battered families across California, food stamp use nearly doubled since 2006. But in San Diego County, the spike has been even more dramatic. Food stamp use has nearly tripled here. Despite that jump, recent statistics show that San Diego may still only be getting food stamps to about…
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Feds to Review All Incoming Immigration Cases to Weed Out Lower Priorities
By Jill Replogle On Thursday the Department of Homeland Security announced the next step in the Obama administration’s policy of prosecutorial discretion. Attorneys for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will begin reviewing all new cases in immigration court, and some pending cases, in order to focus resources on prosecuting undocumented criminals and other high priority…
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Disparities Clear at San Diego Senior Living Communities
Seventy-six-year-old Josie Davis lives in a City Heights Square studio apartment. She lives alone, but she’s surrounded by photographs of distant family members in the Philippines and of herself as a 17 year old. | Photo Credit: Katie Euphrat By Alison St John Ina and Irwin Rubenstein live in an airy, seventh-floor apartment at Vi, an…